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I DRAW HOOP. N0. 341.845. Patented May 11, 1886.

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ABRAHAM HOKE, OF UNION CITY, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONF-HALF TO J. W. HOKE, OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,845, dated May 11, 1886.

(No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM: HOKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Union City, in the county of Randolph and State of 5 Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in DraW-Hoops; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, suoli as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and gures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has relation toimprovements in draw-hoops; and it consists in the construction, novel arrangement, and adaptation of devices, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

The object of this invention is the perfection of a draw-hoop for use on or about any sized vessel. This object I accomplish by the means shown and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view, and Fig. 2 a sectional detail View.

Referring to the said drawings, the letter d indicates a hoop, of iron, steel, or other suitable material, having its opposite ends re- 30 duced and threaded, as shown at b, and having one end bifurcated or branched, so as to present two threaded boltshaped portions, b. A

3 5 with a suitable number of apertures to receive the bolt or threaded ends of the hoop. This binding clamp may have its apertures arranged obliquely, as more fully shown in the drawings, to accommodate the threaded ends of the hoop and better present their ends for the reception of the securing-nuts a.

It is obvious that any suitable number of branches may be formed ou the ends of the hoop, and in some cases it is desirable to form three or more branches, according to the size of the hoop. This draw-hoop can be used where welded or riveted hoops are used, and

also where such hoops are incapable of being used. It can be used without injury to the material of which it is composed, withstand ing by its perfect equality of draw a greater strain than can be sustained by riveted, welded. or other hoops.

Having described this invention, what I claim is- The improved draw-hoop described, consisting of the flat hoop having one of its ends cylindrically reduced and threaded, audits opposite end provided with two integral cylindrical threaded branches, the block having the apertures to receive the respective threaded branches, and the nuts for securing the hoop to the block, substantially as specied.

In testimony whereof Iaiix my signatur-ein presence of two witnesses.

I ABRAHAM HOKE.

Witnesses:

C. H. CADWALLADER, GEO. N. Encina. 

